0 a competition in which two or more competitors finish at exactly the same time or with exactly the same result -- （競賽結果）平局，不分勝負
In 1983 there was a dead heat for first.
In 1992 there was a dead heat for first.
Cambridge won in 1876 and the 1877 race was the only ever dead heat.
In 17 of the races he contested he won eight by a neck or less, lost four by a neck or less and figured in five dead heats for first.
Here there is a dead heat between (1) and (2) in point of similarity to the actual world.
Suppose you have a dead heat for a place on the totalisator, how is that decided?
I suppose that was because we had a dead heat in the vote on the last amendment.
Will he graciously slow down and arrange for a dead heat, or will he redouble his pace and so widen the gap again?
